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"Hello.' That afternoon we voted to
adopt her. All our mothers have
plenty of children so the whole class
adopted Elizabeth.
"We taught her English words and
made her clothes. ..
"Every Monday Elizabeth goes to
stay for a week with a new mother.
It takes a year for her to visit the
whole class. Pretty soon she will be
able to speak Belgian, French and
English. THEN prob'berly, we well
vote to make her a teacher. You see,
its quite responsible being a child's
mother."
JUST HAT FOR A MATINEE GIRL
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Simplest little hat in the world,
isn't it, but it has all the smartness
Paris can give to a chapeau. It is
made of soft brown mallne with a
band of seal brown ostrich circling
the crown. A charming hat for the
matinee or for semi-dress occasions.
HOW TO BE A SOLDIER
Lesson No. 1. Bravery.
The first thing a soldier must learn
is to be brave. Soldiers who are not
brave get themselves chased by the
enemy, which is humiliating and hard
on the feet.
There are many ways to learn
bravery. One of the most effective is
to talk back to a large policeman.
If you get away with it, the experi
ence will give you self-confidence,
which is the first step toward bravery.
If you don't get away with it, try it
all over again on another policeman
when you get out of the hospitaL
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DROP IT
If you find that you have held a thing
which really is no good
Drop it!
For the wise know when to hold a
thing and also when they
should
Drop it!
Do not try to get acquainted
With a thing that's slightly tainted;
If it's not as it is painted
Drop it!
If you grab a piece of metal and it
proves to be red hot
Drop it!
If you think a story's true but later
find that it is not
Drop it!
"When a story's told to you
Which it's best that no one knew,
Even though the story's true,
Drop it!
If you have a bit of coin which never
came through honest toil
Drop it!
If there's anything about you now"f
that's apt to stain or soil
Drop it!
If advice prelix or terse I
Makes you wish to rave and curse,
Even though it be this verse, ' ;
Drop it!
S. W. Knight in Roller Monthly.
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Ostrich egg incubation has been
successful in Australia. .